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UNITED 'Sterns PATENT @einen nass P. JnNsnN'AivD HANSLARSEN, or Nswnm., iowa.

CHAIN sTANoHloN'.

SPECIFICATION forming pm of Letters-raient No. 545,203, dated august er, lesa i l Application filed January 3.9,1895` Serial No. 535,538. (llo model.)

To aZ whom z' 11mg/ concern:

-Be it'known that we, HANS P. J ENSEN and HANS LAnsnN, citizens of the United States, residing at Newell, in the county of Buena Vista and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Chain Stanchion, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in stanchions.

The object of the presen-L invention is to improve the construction of cattle-stanchions to enable animals to;be released, either separately or Simultaneously, and to provide an adjustable conlining device adapted to accom modatedierent sizesof animals and capable of yielding-to the movements of the confined animal to permit the same to either stand or lie down without inconvenience or annoyance. i

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parte hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the'accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the'claims'hereto appended.

"In the drawings, Figure 1 Vis a perspective view of a stanchien constructed in accordance with this invention( Fig. 2 is a front elevation partly in section, the parts being arranged for simultaneously releasing the animais'.

Like numerals ol?,v reference indicatecorrespending parte in both figures of the drawings. v

l designates a stanchion-fra'me comprising upper and lower horizontal bars or beams 2 and 3 and vertical posts a, arranged at intervals and dividing the frame ofi' into spaces for the reception of animals, and any number ot'. such spaces and any size frame may bel employed, as will be readily apparent- At each of the spaces between the vertical posts is arranged a confining device cornposed of flexible sides 6 and 7, constructed of chains, straps, ropes, or any similar material. The side 7 has its lower end permanently secured to the bottom of the stanchion-frarnc, and it is provided at its upper end with a ring or loop 8, adapted to be detachably secured to the top bar of the stanchioirfralne by a bolt t). f The other side 6 ot the confining device has its upper end permanently secured to the top of the stanchion-frame, and is provided at its lower end with a ring or loop 10,and it has intermediate of its ends rings il. In contining an animal its neck is placed between the lower portion of the side 6, below the rings il, 'and the other side 7, which has its free upper end passed through one'oi the rings or loops 11, whereby a neck-receiving loop is provided, and the ring 8 is then confined at the t'op of the stanchion-franie. 'The neelrreceivingr loop of the con lining device is capable of vertical movement to permit an animal to raise and lower its head, as the rings .10.and llare adapted to slide freely on the side 7, as will be .readily apparent. Any number of rings ll may be provided, in order4 to obtain the desired degree of adjustment, but two vwill, in most instances, be found sufficient.

Each bolt 9 is L -shaped, and is mounted vertically in a suhstau tially cylindrical hous ing or casing la, which is provided with a securing-plate, and which has adjacent to its bottom an inclined slot 13, intersecting the y bore or longitudinal opening' of the casing and adapted to receive the ring 8, whereby the side 7 is detachably secured to the top of the stanchion-frame. The arms of the bolts 9 are disposed horizontally and rest upon the upper edge or face of a horizontally-disposed releasing-bar ll, mounted at the upper edge of the top bar 2 of the stanohion-irarne and' connected loosely with the saine by means ot' links l5, having their upper terminals pivoted tothe releasing-bar and their lower ends similarly secured to the stanchionl'rame. The releasing-bar is raised above the iop bar 2 by means ot an operatingrlevcr lo, tulcrnnied at its lower end on the top of the stancliionframe and pivoted intermediate of its ends to Vthe releasing-bar and having its upper portion forming a handle. 'By moving the re leasing-har upward the bolts of the stanchionframe are simultaneously raised te 'release thesides 7 of the confining devices, the rings S thereof sliding freely from the inclined slots of the bolt-casings. The upward movementoi the releasing-bar is limited by proj ections 117, mounted on the Shanks of the bolts and arranged in vertical slots 18 of the bolt-casings, and by this in echanism the links l5 are stopped before they reach a vertical position, whereby the weight of the releasing-bar writ return the paris to their initial position, Ithereby disvpensing with springs. The bolts are disposed vertically and have su tcient weight to cause them' to fall to avoid the employment of springs for this purpose.

The stanchionframe is provided with supporting-hooks 19, arranged on posts 4, and adapted to receive and hold the rings S of the sides 7 when the rings are not engaged by the bolts 9. By this construction'the flexible sides 7 are retained in convenient position withiny easy reach of the operator.

`It will b'e Seenthat the stanchio'n is simple'l and inexpensive in construction, that it is Y to stand orv lie'down without inconvenience' positive and reliable in its operation, and that the contningdevioes permit` animals to move their heads freely vertically to enable them and annoyance. It will also be clear that the animals may bereleased simultaneously, and -that any one of/'the bolts may be raised indo- 'pendcntly torelease the animals separately.

Changes in A.the form, proportion', and the minor details of construction maybe resorted to Without 4departing from the principle or Sacrificingany of ther advantages of' this rinvention.

r What we claim isl., The combination of a stanchion frame disposed verticallyin the easings and having i a :limited movement and 4provided ,wat their .provided at its top with a horizontal bar 2, lbolt casings mounted vertically on the bar 2 andprovided with chain receiving,r slots, bolts `in the presence ot two Vupper ends with horizontal arms, a releasing bar arranged at the upper edge ot` the bar 2' 'and receiving the arms of said bolts on its upper edgea link pivoted to the b'ar 2 and to the releasing bar, and an operating lever fulcru med on the stanchion frame and connected with the releasing bar and adapted to swn the latter upward, whereby the bolts are simultaneously operated, substantially as described.

2. 'Phe combination bolt caslngs mounted thereon and having in clined slots and provided with vertical slots,

of `a stanchon frame,

vertically disposed L-shaped bolts mounted f In testimony that we claim the foregoing as t our own we halve hereto affixed our signatures witnesses.

HANS P. JENSEN. -HANSJLARSEN-; Witnesses:

C. S. WARREN, 11H, M. 'RE'.DFIELD.) 

